Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-18
secure the release OF a convict, has been dis.

tn rec years imprisonment.
Mrs Suzella McWha, aged 70, and her
daughter, Mrs. Eliza Baker, aged 40, were
robbed and murdered at their homes in
during the absence Of their husbands.
John DeVine and George Barton, con-
victed car robbers on their way to the pen
itentiary at Columbus, o., for two years
escaped by jumping off the Baltimore d
Ohio train, while running at the rate of 81
miles an hour.
Six prisoners escaped from the Franklin
County jail, at Columbus o., on the night
of the 9Th, by saving off the bars to win
dow.
The recent mysterious murder Of Carlisle
Cump and his mother, near Hagerstown,
Md, is believed to have been traced to
Emanuel Cump, a brother of Carlisle. The
alleged murderer, who is but 26 years Of
age, is in custody.
Richard Goodwin and Grace BIanton, col
ored, were lynched near New Orleans on
the charge OF arson.
Fires.
A conf1agration at Quebec on the 14th
involved q loss of $125 600. The folio wing
is a list of the losses and insurance so far
as known: Rochett's tannery, $4,000, no
insurance: w. K. Browns lumber yard,
$4,000, insured for $4,000 in the I'm.
perial company; f. M. Marchand's ma
chine and boiler works, 50, 1000, no insur
ance; Auls ice house, $1,000, no insur-
ance.
The Walling mill in Milbury, Mass,
burned on the 14th. Loss, 100000; well
insured.
In very few moments, on the night of
the 14th, the entire row OF sheds, occupy
ing the block known as the Haymarket,
New York, were enveloped by fire. The
elevator adjoining, owned by the Hudson
River Railroad, aud B. Chase e Co.'S. COM
merce store, also burned. Total loss,
100000.
Fire at Hammond, Ind, on the 14th
caused a loss Of $15O,OOO.
Several fires broke out in Minneapolis,
Mimi, on the night OF the 18th, some of
which were Of incendiary origin, and led
Mayor Ames to believe that gang of fire
bugs Was organized for thep urpose OF burn
ing the city. Next morning he directed po-
licemen. armed with Winchester rifles to
guard the mills, lumber yards and facto-
ries. The boiler, blacksmith and car repair
shops of the Minneapolis q st. Louis Rail-
way Company burned about 2 O'Clock in
the morning. Loss about $150,OOO.
The works OF the Paterson IN. J.) Iron
Company were destroyed by fire on the
18th. Loss, $25O,00O to 100000. The
insurance aggregates $75 900.
n 80 hlO OCCuAICd dO ANOW OOh fludROf
n. H., on the 18th. The confagration
started at about midnight in the livery sta
BILE OF George Fl. Hoyt. 1t was caused by q
horse kicking over a lighted lantern.
Twenty -one buildings were burned, causing
loss Of $25, 900.
The grain drill works OF Selby, Starr &
Co., at Peoria, ILL.,, burned on the 10th.
Loss 100000.
The freight depot OF the Concord Rail
road at Suncook, N. H., caught fire from a
spark from a locomotive and was de-
stroyed together with number OF other
buildings. Loss $45 900; insurance $685.
600.
Lebanon, N. H, suffered by fire on the
10th to the extent of 100000; insurance
$4,000.
Fire at Holland, Manitoba, caused loss
of 100000, on which the insurance
amounted to only about $4,000.
A loss of $500 was suffered by J. T.
Matthews & Co., wholesale dealers in curled
hair, Canal Street, Chicago, by the burn
ing Of the building and stock on the. 9th.
A fire started in Coloman's livery stable,
Minot, D. t., on the 9th burned all the
lower part OF Main Street, comprising half
of the town. Thirty buildings were con-
sumed. Loss $4,000; no insurance
A fire at sos Broadway, New York, de-
stroyed clothing to the value of 100000.
Steers lumber yard, at New York,
burned. Loss, 500, 900; insurance, $780,
900.